TY - BOOK AU - Gerhardt,Michael J. AU - Rowe,Thomas D. TI - Constitutional theory: arguments and perspectives SN - 1558340211 AV - KF 4550 .G467 1993 U1 - 342.73347.302 20 PY - 1993/// CY - Charlottesville, Va. PB - Michie Co. KW - Constitutional law KW - United States N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; A brief historical overview of the development of American constitutional theory -- The judicial function and the idea of principled decisionmaking -- The constitutional text -- Constitutional history and the "original intention" controversy -- Structural reasoning -- What place for value choices and moral reasoning? -- Precedent in constitutional adjudication -- Liberal constitutional theory -- Conservative constitutional theory -- Critical legal studies and beyond -- Feminist perspectives and constitutional theory -- Critical race theory -- Theory and its discontents ER -